Guilhem Desq breathes new life and innovation into this old-world instrument, the hurdy gurdy. His sound is unmistakable as he electrifies this originally acoustic instrument and plays a wide variety of genres on it – anything from traditional European folk to Middle-Eastern, contemporary rock, hip-hop and electro.
After a year touring worldwide with more than 60 shows (India, USA, New Zealand, Israël, Bulgaria, Italy, France…) Guilhem Desq comes back to release his first solo album “Visions”. An album “100% hurdy gurdy” which feature original songs recorded from his instrument as the only source of sounds. Not only an album but a whole project which is going beyond music, from building his instrument to directing and animating his latest music video “Le château magique”.
01. Le château magique 04:10
02. Visions 03:45
03. La libellule et le baobab 05:06
04. Sand Sailor 04:13
05. Cicatrices (free) 04:13
06. Omen (free) 03:40
07. Break your Crank 03:38
08. Jusqu'en haut de la montagne 05:32
09. Arbol 04:24
10. Le château abandonné 07:14
All the sounds of this album were recorded from my hurdy gurdy, except for my voice (Visions & Sand Sailor), bells by my father (Break your Crank), and trombone by Renaud Perrot (Le château abandonné).
Buy the album HERE